TheBostonStraggler
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Isaac said:For the love of all that is holy please don't put BB on a Parcells tree. Do you know which of the two was coaching in the NFL first? Please read Education of a Coach and you'll appreciate the insanity of such a statement. BB's tree is branched and tall, and Parcells is but a hanging leaf that's probably fallen off.
Wait a minute. Yeah, Parcells left here in a crappy way, however, let's not allow the bad taste from that to interrupt the thought process. BP did what he did for the Giants, did what he did for the putrid Patriots, he then did what he did for a very bad Jets team. Maybe he has lost it now with Dallas (I suspect it has more to do with signing on to a plan that calls for Jerry Jones to be the GM). BP has a solid history of taking bad teams and turning them into contenders. How many teams would kill for a coach like that? Now, is BB from the BP tree? Likely to an extent just by default. He was under BP for quite a few years. He had to have been on board with the BP way to an extent. It must have become at least part of his fabric. That said, I wouldn't trade BB for any coach now or any coach that I can remember in my lifetime. Who cares if he was part of the BP tree. He was part of someone's tree. Every coach ultimately is. Seems coming from the BP tree ain't so bad IMHO. I thank everyone, including BP, for helping to forge what BB is today. Actually, my first thank you is still to Kraft for knowing this was his guy, and battling out the many obstacles to get BB here. Hell, I even thank the inanimate ESPN ticker when it rolled out the words......"A deal has been struck to make BB head coach of the Patriots".....